Date with Danger in a Murky Gazette Plot
In a tense scene from the ongoing murder case, Mary Franklin faces arrest amid shifting confessions. Jack Burden and Clem Shirley claim innocence, while Duke Martin’s butler Condon pushes for truth as Fenelon probes motives. Ladd and Fenelon wrestle with the web of lies and suspect Burden’s possible involvement.
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Nesterday
Mary
Martin
Nga
Shirley
Burden
Lada
Comans Lastener
Ladd
Fenelon
Jack Burden
Jack
the Gazette
Clem Shirley
Mary Franklin
Mr. Martin
Bill Condon
Condon
Black
Clem
Duke Martin
Marcy
Gazette
How about Condon Murder Trial Tangle
A crime story unfolds with Ladd pressuring Condon to turn state's evidence to testify against Nick Hart for a twenty year sentence. Martin killing is referenced, along with earlier gang charges. Ladd then calls Mary Franklin to relay a sensational tip about quintuplets born at Grand Central Station before the tale ends.
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Condon
Laddy
Janice Preach
Martin
Nick Hart
Sele
Rerees
Fenelon Conjs
Jackie Coogan Faces First Stage Role and Defamation Suit
Los Angeles report notes Jackie Coogan has a Broadway road show lead in What a Life and a $36 000 defamation suit over Mary Luana Wallace known as Princes Luana who accuses him of insults and attempting to blacken her name Bernstein case and earlier $125 000 settlement cited. Coogan, once The Kid, aims to leave for New York September 21 while his divorce suit with Betty Grable looms. Highway death tolls across Oklahoma and comparisons to 1938 1937 figures are briefly listed.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Hollywood
Mary Luana Wallace
Coogan
Princes Luana
Arthur L. Bernstein
Bernstein
Luana
New York
the Kid
Betty Grable
State Motorists Are Conservative
Oklahoma motorists respond to the safety department appeal for conservative driving. National traffic fatalities rise, yet the state reports 42 fewer lives lost on its highways through August 21 versus the same period last year. Back to 1937, total lives saved on Oklahoma highways reach 130 for the comparable span.
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Oklahoma Petrol
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Department of Public Safety
Steno Jobs Open In Civil Service
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for senior and junior stenographers, senior and junior typists, junior engineers, marketing specialists, and psychologists. Applications due August 31, 1939, with postings in Washington DC and Saint Louis Missouri. Full details from Nolen W. Dyer or the civil service board of examiners at local post offices.
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The
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Civil Service District
New Federal Building
Saint Louis
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
Nolen W. Dyer
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Sale Of $98,000 In Bonds Final Approval Granted
Sale of 98000 in bonds completed Saturday after final approval by county officials. A portion of the issue had been bought by former Treasurer J Fred McCoy as school district sinking fund investments in 1937, with details of the transaction clarified during the county board proceedings.
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J.fred McCoy
Oklahoma County Bond Sale Reviewed After Court Approval
The county finalized a sale in Oklahoma City with a final price of 105,891.53 including 772.50 in interest coupons. Maryland Casualty objected to selling 33,000 of the sinking fund bonds, claiming lack of authority. The school boards and county officers met the attorney general, sale approved, and the county did not lose money, earning over 3,000 in interest on the investments. R. J. Edwards Company of Oklahoma City purchased the bonds.
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Oklahoma City
Maryland Casualty Company
Sam Dew
R. J. Edwards Company
Collector Adds 1899 One Legged Car to Collection
CHICAGO Aug 21 Edward T Traitor adds a one legged wooden axle brush built in 1899 to his antique auto collection. The two speed vehicle can reach 16 mph with no tail wind and was bought from a Homer farmer who said it had not been used in 35 years. Trainor, an auto parts dealer, also owns a 1903 six passenger buggy wagon bearing the sign Hold your horses we are not responsible for accidents.
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Chicago
Edward T
Homer
Trainor
Damages Asked In Highway Crash Suit Filed
In district court J J Colley sues JR Pierce or J R Pierce true name unknown over a collision five miles south of Stroud on July 30. Colley alleges driver Clyde E Ber tick caused $250 to the truck $500 to two transformers and $300 for equipment loss while being repaired. Pierce is listed as Hobbs New Mexico and the suit seeks $1 050 damages.
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J. J. Colley
JR. Pierse
J. R. Pierce
Stroud
Colley
Clyde Everett Ber- Tick
Pierce
Hobbs
New Mexico
Youth Admits Killing Tuttle Peace Officer
Enid Aug 21 Lee Bowen 20 admitted from a hospital bed to day that he killed Night Watchman August G Nowka in a Tuttle cafe last night. He also confessed to kidnapping and two robberies the previous Friday with Hugh Douglas while police moved to question him about other robberies. Bowen and Douglas were shot and captured north of Enid near the Kansas line. both were in critical condition.
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Enid
Lee Bowen
Dude Branom
August G. Nowka
Bowen
Chickasha
Minco
Hugh Douglas
Tultle
Here
Kansas Line
Garfield County
Douglas
Branom
Turtle Case
Nowka
L. C. Force
Tuttle Cafe
Eaid
Kansas Ring
Frank Ross
H. B. Lowery
Harold Phillips
State Line
J. H. Myers Delivers Pontotoc County's First Cotton Bale
J H Myers of five miles NW of Ada brings in Pontotoc county's first bale of cotton, from seven acres of a 12 1 2 acre plot. The bale, weighing 1900 pounds after ginning by Choctaw Gin, follows back to 1926 when he also had the first bale. He notes unusually poor field conditions due to lack of rain. A second bale weighed 1900 pounds and was delivered by M Martin of Vaness.
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H. Myers
Ada
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
Myers
Corton
Vaness
Fair Open To All Livestock Says Official Monday
Ross Montgomery secretary of the Pontotoc County Free Fair Association asserts that only registered livestock will be permitted to show at the fair. He notes rumors about restrictions are unfounded as the livestock division, starting September 20, remains a major feature of the event last year and this year.
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Montgomery Spikes
Ross Montgomery
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Livestock Progress Report Mentioned
Officials note continued livestock activity this year with fine grade animals in all divisions. The report outlines livestock progress and includes registered animals, outlining the county's livestock condition in Pontotoc County.
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Pontotoc County
Van Nuys May Have Been Liberal In His Statements
Washington notes a clash over Roosevelt third term in 1940. Chandler of Kentucky backs the Democratic nominee, while Senator Van Nuys of Indiana predicts up to 15 of 69 Senate Democrats might oppose a third-term ticket. The political scene hinges on primaries in nearly twenty states and the risk to incumbents' reelection chances.
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Kirke i. Simpson
Washington
A. B
Chandler
Kentucky
Senate
Roosevelt
X Chardier
New Yortha
Roose‘velt
Alben Barkley
van Nuys
Indiana
Burke
Nebraska
Byrd
Virginia
Gerry
Rhode Island
West Virginia
King
Utah
Caddo County Abandons Poor Farm Plan
ANADARKO Aug. 22 UP Caddo County will quit farming to save money. County commissioners said operating the farm for 15 dependent persons costs more than $2300 yearly to feed and house them without work. Commissioner Clarence Penturf noted previous expenses for a poor farm superintendent and farming costs. The farm is to keep only 17 acres after selling machinery and leasing land.
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Anadarko
Caddo County
Sinor
Clarence Penturf
Penturf
Grapes Exception In Bad Crop Area Sparks Market Shakeup
In Duncan county, a rare grape surplus emerges as Dan Goad east of Marlow reports a vineyard producing so prolifically it challenges market demand. County agent Murray Cox calls grapes the one bright spot amid general crop failures including brown cotton, poor wheat and oats, and heat-damaged watermelons and cantaloupes after a 16 day stretch above 100 degrees.
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Duncan
Stephens County
Dan Goad
Marlow
Murray Cox
Cox
Governor to Open Probe of Oklahoma National Guard
Governor Phillips announced an investigation of the Oklahoma national guard to clean out debris among officers and ensure effective officers and equipment. He will meet General Baird Markham and other military authorities, stressing no reference to past events or Major General W. S. Key.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Oklahoma National’ Guard
Baird Markham
New York
W.S. Key
45Th
Oklahoma
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Key
Drouth Grips Ponotoc County as Rainfall Stagnates
Rainfall reports for July and most of August show near drought conditions in Ponotoc County. July totals 0.81 inch, August accumulating only 1.1 inches by mid August for a 2.02 inch summer. Vegetation wilts with dry streams, parched stock tanks, and poor corn and cotton crops amid limited relief rains.
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Pontoloc County
Drouth
Oklahoma
Ada
Restrictions For Tom Pendergast
Kansas City reports federal judge Merrill Otis imposed five year post release restraints on Tom Pendergast including no visits to party headquarters no gambling monthly probation officer check ins and a history of the Missouri fire insurance conspiracy case notes Pendergast and J Emmet O Malley received sentences of 15 months and one year and a day respectively.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Leavenworth
Merrill EB. Otis
Missouri
Pendergast
J. Emmet O'Malley
O'Malley
Mrs Mitchell Improves After Arkansas accident
Condition of Mrs Elmor Mitchell formerly Edna Abbott improved here Monday. She was wounded in the abdomen at Van Buren Arkansas July 31 when a gun discharged. Expected to leave hospital late this week. The couple wed at Coalgate July 13 and went to Mitchell’s home in Van Buren. She is the daughter of BU Abbott of Holy 520 West Seventh Street.
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Elmor Mitchell
Edna Abbott
State Will Crack Down On Operator
Oklahoma City August 21 The state moves to shut in Osage tribal wells and an Tulsa operator O Q Owens deemed to be non compliant with a 15 day shutdown order Owens will face a hearing later while his north Drumright pool wells are ordered shut within 24 hours The Osage hearing on exemption from the order is set for 10 30 a m Wednesday Officials note tribal mineral rights and state jurisdiction questions remain
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Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission
Owens
Phillips
Joe O'Laughlin
Drumright
O'Laughlin
Naval Reserve
South Burbank
Bond
Congress
Phillips Grants Pardons and Plans Clemency Conferences
Oklahoma Governor Phillips issued two pardons and a parole and announced weekly clemency conferences with attorney J A Minton. He revived the banishment parole idea and weighed clemency for Frank Hunt, life-term killer in a 1930 Seminole County slaying, citing Hunt's help in prosecuting Paul Cole. Phillips noted prior recommendations for parole and sought local reaction. He praised Hunt's prison record and cited his refusal to flee during Granite reforms escape.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
J. A. Minton
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Frank Hunt
Seminole County
Hunt
Ernest Irby
Wewoka
Paul Cole
Irby
Jyude F
Loth
Cole
Stunt
Granite Reformatory
New Club Sets High Hurdles for Members in Kansas City
In Kansas City on August 19, locals formed the Skyliners club aiming for seven foot beds in hotels and size 16 shoes in stores. Entry rules favor tall members with a threshold of six feet four inches for men and six feet for women. Miss Rowena Wheeler, six foot two, embraced the idea and hopes to expand nationally as the club expands its five women and six men membership.
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Kansas City
Indictments Tie Abe Shushan to Levee Bond Case
Abe Shushan former Levee Board president and four others were indicted in New Orleans on charges of mail fraud connected to an Orleans Levee board bond refunding. The scheme allegedly netted a $496,000 fee with claimed $2,000,000 savings, while real savings were about $729,000. Other indictments charged State Senator Clarence Lorie and Dr. James Monroe Smith with related offenses.
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New Orleans
Abraham L. Shushan
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Federal Grand Jury
Orleans
Louisiana State University
Lorie
Smith
Newman, Haris and Company
Waguespack
Shushan
Skyscrapers Meet Miss Wheeler in Friday Assembly
Readings reveal an odd city council scene where taller residents request architectural changes. Miss Wheeler chairs a session to set a Friday meeting, while comments from Ray Shelley and Paul Campbell raise needs for higher awnings and seating. A photographer quips about height limits as the group jokes about space and comfort.
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Miss Wheeler
Ray Shelley
Paul Campbell
Charles Rothmeral
Oil price showdown restrains crude output across six states
Tulsa reports oil industry watchers awaiting the end of a six state crude production holiday. North Texas stripper wells tighten. Oklahoma Kansas and New Mexico observe strict shutdowns. Gasoline market remains firm with forecasts of refinery price rises. No premiums paid for crude. storage purchases on contract. Oklahoma City notes Gov Phillips plans to attend the annual American Indian exposition in Anadarko tomorrow.
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Tulsa
North Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Anadarko
Ada News
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